The history of the Colt Gov't / M1911
Pistol began in early 1900s, when famous designer John M. Browning began to
develop semi-automatic pistols for Colt company. In the 1906-1907 U.S. Army
announced trials to replace its service revolvers with new, semi-automatic
pistol. Army required the new pistol to have the caliber of .45 inch, so
Browning designed its own cartridge that fired 230 grains (15.64 gramms) bullet,
and then, designed a new pistol. In 1911, after extensive testing, the new
pistol and its cartridge, designed by Browning and manufactured by Colt, were
adopted for U.S. military service as M1911. Prior to and during World War One,
more than one million of these guns were manufactured, mostly by Colt and
Springfield Armoury, as well as by Remington-UMC, Burroughs, Savage and some
other companies. The rights to manufacture Colt/Browning design were also sold
to some foreign countries, such as Norway or Argentine.

The improved design was adopted by US
Military as M1911A1 pistol, and served with distinction until the mid-1980s,
when it was officially replaced in service with M9 pistol (US-made Beretta
92FS).

Along with Colt, countless numbers of
companie in the USA and other countries manufactured more or less exact copies
of the M1911. Some millions of guns were manufactured in the USA during the WW2
by numerous companies under US Government contracts, and probably even more were
manufactured for commercial sales. Most common M1911 clones are manufactured by:
Springfield armoury, Les Baer, Kimber, Wilson, STI, Para Ordnance and many, many
others. Also, many M1911-partterned pistols are still custom built for service
duty, sport shooting and self defence.

The Colt
Gov't / M1911 is probably the most popular pistol in the world. It is known for
its reliability, serviceability, simplicity. Custom made M1911s capable of
outstanding accuracy, and many of M1911-patterned guns are still in service with
different military and law enforcement agencies in the USA.

Accessories

PFC
Caps
: €11.00 /
£8.50 per box(1x
box = 100 PFC primer caps) These are required to make the bang, smoke
and eject the cartridges

Spare cartridges:€2.95 / £2.10 each

Spare magazines:€18.95 / £14.95
each

.45ACP
Lightweight/ Mild kick blowback cartridges:€3.80 / £3.20 each (reusable / takes
1x PFC primer cap). These are a new design / light weight. Less than half the weight
a standard cartridge and internally built for maximum force giving more kickback
and power from a lighter more powerful cartridge over a standard cartridge.